On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 22:51 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Bill Davidsen <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Måns Rullgård wrote:
> >> Maybe extending sysrq+n to lower the priority of -20 tasks would be a
> >> good idea.
> >>
> > If it runs before the keyboard thread it doesn't matter...
>
> Of course not, but that's not generally the case.
>
> > But why should this hang anything, when there should be enough i/o
> > to get out of the user process. There's a good fix for this, don't
> > give this guy root any more ;-)
>
> Ever heard of bugs? Anyone developing a program can make a mistake.
> If the program runs with realtime scheduling a bug that makes it enter
> an infinite loop (or do something else that hogs the CPU) can be
> difficult to find since it rather efficiently locks you out.
Given that someone has already determined that installing a safety valve
for RT tasks was worth while, and given that there is practically no
difference between a nice -20 and the lowest RT priority, seems to me
that extending that safety valve to cover reniced tasks is the
obviously-correct thing to do. I think you should submit a patch.
-Mike
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